Street-rail sleeper.



H. SJGQV'EP. STREET RAIL SLBEPBR. APPLICATION FILED APR. '1, 1914.

L, l @336 L Patented July 14, 191.4u

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Y Ulf/rr 'To all 'whm' it may concern [pensive `-means Hanny s. Govert,or BEL Am, MARYLAND.

STREET-.RAIL SLEEPER.

n `Specation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14. 1914.

I pplication tiled'Ap-ril. 7, 1914. Serial No. 830,182.

Be it.`known that I, HARRY S. Govan, a `titizenoif 'the' United States,resldingl at Air, in` the'county of Harford and State ofvMa'rylandmaveinvented certain new and usefullmprovements in Street-Rail Sleepers', oflwhich the following is a specificatlon.

Myfinyention" relates to new and useful impmve'ments insleepers ral`sijtjfsQtreet, railways 1n paved streets and lesidesin Itheprovision of'slmple and inexwhich partly incases and L supports therails in such away ,that spreadcomplished by such sleepers in operative ing or creepingof the rails is 15r `the tops thereof, said sleepers `prevented and"protection of the greater portlon of the rails againstthe elemen'ts isprovided.

'An im ortant object ofi-my' invention is to provi e a sleeper ofthecharacter de-yy scribed Iwhich consists of. channel shaped casings inwhichithe rails are mounted and which are provided with( angle iron barsthat clamp the rails upon opposite sides of being provided withtransverse connectin bars to extend transversely oftherailbe s and whichstrengthen and'hold the sleepersin proper position. l

Another important object of my invention is to provide 'sleepersi-A-ofthe character described which are arranged tov be mounted upon asuitable foundation' and that are `simple astoeonstruction, :reliableand eicientA in operation, section may be removed without disturbingtheremainder of the track and which is in-` expensive to manufacture. YThe above and additional objects are acmeans as are illustrated 'm theaccompanying drawings, described in the following specification and thenmore Vith reference to the drawings, wherein l have illustrated thepreferred embodiment cf my invention asift is reducedtti-practice,k

h strength and. insure the clamping act1on of and throughout the severalviews of whic similar reference numerals designatecorrespondingparts,iFigure l is a-ragmentary improved position .and the,rails and sleepers in section, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan viewpartly in section showing the sleepers in assembled operativeposiperspective view show-ing my tion and supporting rails.

.Referring to the drawings by of reference the numerals l and 2designate the rails of a track for a street railway.

for support-ing theopposite side arranged so that onerail` characters yThe rails 1 and 2 are designed to be supported `by sleepers designated 3as an entirety and of my'fimproved construction. The sleepers 3 aremounted u on suitable foun 60 dations tand may be secured thereto ifdesiredin an ysuitable` manner. f I :provi e ,transverse connecting bars5 that are :secured at their ends to the sleepers Eliand arrangedtransversely of the roadbed or track. Theseconnecting .bars 5 areprovided withv right angularly bent'terminals ('throughwhicli,|suit'a.ble fastening means vare inserted to secure lthe bars 5to thc sleepers 3. My improved sleeper is formed 70 int-he nature of achannel shaped metal casing and comprises ,ai/bottom wall '7 and walls 8.and is open along its upper edge. The rails 1 and 2 are mounted withinthe sleepers 3 so that their bases rest 75 upon the bottom `wall"7fofthe sleepers. In this connection it will be noted that the sleepers 3are of just suiicient width toenable the rails tobe placed therein'thuspro riding a tight fit regarding the bases of the rails and sleepers andpreventing lateral movement of the rails to a certain extent. The sidewalls 8 of the sleepers are disposed in adplane justbelow the tops ofthe rails.

As a meansffor clam ing the rails I pro- 35 vlde angle iron bars 9 tatare secured within the, sleepers and arranged to engage the heads of therails upon opposite sides there.-

- of.' One angular extension'of the anffle bars '9 1s disposed 1n avertical plane and 1n en- 90 gagement with the inner face of each of theside walls 8 and secured in such a position by boltsy 10 .or othersuitable fastening means which will enable the detachable securing ofthe angle bars 9. The other angular extensions of the angle bars aredisposed in a horizontal yplane lushf with the upper edges of the' sidewalls andjat their free edges engage opposite sides vof the heads. ofthe rails. To provide rigidity,

the angle bars 9 with relation to the rails I provide long bolts 11 thatare inserted transversely through they side walls 8 and central portionsof the rails 1 and 2. The 105 bolts 1l extend outwardly from the sideywalls S and have nuts l2 turned thereon. By adjustment of the nuts theclamping action of the angle bars 9 may be regulated.

vTt will be readily seen that I-have provided a novel means forsupporting and incasing the street rails in such a way that only Athenecessary portions of the rails are exposed and in such a Way thatspreading r creepingofthe rails fisprevented.4 It

will be readily seen that with my limproved a street cross over forrailways maydevice,

` -g be provided.

'In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated'in the drawings and referred to 1n the above descriptlon, as

the preferred embodiment, is the most eili- 'cient andv practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent vwith the adoption of 'mydevice will necessarilyA vary, I desire to emphasize /th'e' fact thatvariousminor changes in detailsjof construction, proporl tion andarrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, Withoutsacrifie' ing any ofthe advantagesof my invention as set forth. v

What vis claimed is f 1.-In a sleeper for street railways'fc'om-Iprising a channel shaped metallic casing 'designed to' receivea-"rail sothat the head of the .rail is disposed'above the sidesy of: said casing,angular clamping 'membersl mounted vvithin'l said sleeper arranged to'engage opposite sides of the top Aof a rail and means extendingtransversely through vthe'sides of the sleeper` to adjust the clamp'-ing action of said clamping members.

2; In a device of the character described,

the combination with a support of `rails,l

elongated casings having open upper edges and comprising bottom and sideWalls, said rails vto be mounted v vithin the casings, transverseconnecting 'bars connecting the casings with each other, means mountedwithin the casings to clamp opposite-sides 'the .ends of said bolts.

yof the tops of the rails, said means closing said casings,. boltsinsertedl transversely through the sides of the casings and centralportions of the rails and `nuts turnedlupon 3. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination with a foundation of elongatedcasings, rails to be mounted in spaced vparallel relationlto eachotherand Withln of the casings, means connecting the casings withJ each otherand 'means extending i lthrough the, rails and casings transversely toadjust the clamping action of4 said angle bars.v i f 4. A` sleeper forstreet railways comprising achannel-shaped casing designed to receive arail so that the head of the rail is disposed above the side of thecasing, rail clamping members mounted within the vcasing and larrangedto engage opposite sides of the top of a rail, and means to secure thecasing to therail. y l

In testimony vwhereof I aiiix vmy signature in presence oftwoWitnesses.'

' HARRY S. GOVER. lVitnesses: ,y

yKATHARDIE Blume,

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